BIO: Lorenzo C. KIRKER, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 290-293.
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  LORENZO C. KIRKER, a veteran of our Civil War, is a much respected citizen of
  Beaver Falls, where he has been engaged in the carpentering business for many
  years. He is a son of John S. and Elizabeth (Rutter) Kirker, and was born in
  that part of Beaver county which now forms a part of Lawrence county, August
  21, 1843. His grandfather was Robert Kirker, a native of this county, but his
  entire life was spent in Butler county, Pennsylvania. The father of Lorenzo C.
  was born in Butler county, Pa., but came to Beaver county early in life, where
  he resided during his remaining days. His occupation was that of a shoemaker,
  at which he was quite successful. He belonged to the old state militia, in
  which he was a major.
  
  The subject of this writing was reared in Lawrence county, Pa., and obtained
  his elementary education in the public schools of his native district, and
  then took up the carpentering trade, which he made his principal occupation.
  Prior to 1880, he resided in New Castle, Pa., where lie was employed in a
  planing mill, but in that year he became a resident of Beaver Falls, where he
  has since lived. He engaged in the grocery business soon after coming there,
  but gave it up and resumed his former occupation. Mr. Kirker is quite
  prominently known throughout this vicinity, and enjoys the reputation of an
  honest, upright and conscientious citizen. When the Civil War broke out, our
  subject laid aside all plans for the future, and went to the aid of the
  Union, enlisting July 14, 1861, in Company H, 9th Reg. Pa. Reserves for a
  term of three years. He was wounded at the battle of Antietam, in September,
  1862, and was taken to the German Reformed Church Hospital at Frederick, Md.,
  where he remained six months; upon recovering, he again joined his regiment,
  with which he remained until he was honorably discharged at Pittsburg, Pa.,
  
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  May 12, 1864. While with his regiment, he took part in the battles of
  Dranesville; Mechanicsville; Miner's Hill; Savage Station; Malvern Hill;
  Second Bull Run; South Mountain; Antietam; Gettysburg; and in many small
  skirmishes.
  
  Politically, Mr. Kirker is a prominent Republican of the community, and is
  now serving as judge of elections. February 5, 1865, he was joined in
  marriage with Miss Jeannette Cunningham, and they reared six children: Evelyn
  L., the wife of C. B. Jolley, of Beaver Falls; Cecilia, the wife of Charles D.
  Garrett, also of Beaver Falls; Flora A., the wife of John Richards, of Beaver
  Falls; Harry V. (wedded to Jeannette Craig, of Afton, N. Y.), who is engaged
  in carpentering with the subject of our sketch; Rosa, who is the wife of A.
  C. Bellis, of Beaver Falls; and Edward L., who also works with his father at
  the carpenter's trade.